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Russian Bank 

Containing 
Instructions for Correct Play 
and 

The Laws of the Game 
By TRUMPS Jr. 



NEW YORK 

FTT7GF.P M.D PUBLISHING COPJPOP4TTON 
1 8 Vesey Street 



Russian Bank 

BY 

TRUMPS, Jr. 



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NEW YORK 
FITZGERALD PUBLISHING CORPORATION 
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Copyright, 1920, by 
Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation 



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Is played by two players with two packs of 
fifty-two cards each. 

RANK CF CARDS 

King is high and Ace is low both in cutting 
and in play. 

OBJECT OF THE GAME 

To play and dispose of all of one's cards. 

THE DEAL 

Each player shuffles his pack and exchanges 
it with his opponent. 

THE LAYOUT 

Each player places in a perpendicular col- 
umn at his right hand, face upwards, four 
cards drawn from top of his faced-down pack ; 
these two columns are known as the Tableaux 
and the space betw^een them as the Center; 
he then counts ofif thirteen cards, face down- 
wards, and places them in a pile at the right 
of his Tableau; this pile is known as the 
Hassock. The remainder of the pack is placed 
face downward immediately in front of the 
player and is known as the Stock, 
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CUTTING FOR FIRST PLAY 

Each player cuts his Stock, low winning. 
Ties re-cut. 

THE PLAY 

Before turning any cards of the Hassock or 
the Stock the player makes as many plays as 
possible by removing any aces from the 
Tableaux to the Center and by building there- 
on in ascending sequence in suit, to Kings 
with available cards from the Tableaux, and 
by building m descending sequence, in alter- 
nate suit, that is, red on black or vice versa, 
on other cards in the Tableaux. 

The top card of the Hassock is then turned 
and used to build up on ace foundations, or 
down on the Tableaux cards or to refill vacant 
spaces in the Tableaux and this continues so 
long as any cards are available. When no 
more cards are available, the top card of the 
Hassock is placed face upwards upon it. 

The top card of the Stock is then turned 
and plays as above mentioned are made. When 
a card from the Stock becomes unavailable it 
is placed face upwards on the right of the 
Stock. This pile is known as the Mat. 

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sock or Mat, building either up or down, in 
suit and should be made as often as possible, 
as the greater number of cards of which he 
has to dispose, the less chance he has of 
winning. 

It is occasionally, however, more advanta- 
geous to play on the Tableaux than on op- 
ponents Hassock or Mat. 

All plays are discretionary except on the 
Center. When a player fails to make such 
first play his opponent may call Stop, where- 
upon the player is debarred from further play. 
The misplayed card, if it has left the player's 
hand, remains as played; if it has not been 
relinquished, it must be replaced face-up on 
the Mat, if taken from the Stock; or on the 
Hassock, if taken from it. Stop should not 
be called until the player shows plainly an 
intention to play elsewhere than on the Center. 

When all available plays have been made, 
the opponent plays the top card of his Hassock 
or his Stock and proceeds as described for the 
first player. 

If during the play from the Stock the ex- 
posed card on the Hassock becomes available. 



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it may be played and the top card of the 
Hassock turned up and also used if available. 

When the Stock is exhausted, the Mat is 
turned over and becomes again the Stock and 
a new Mat is formed. The last card in the 
Stock if unavailable must be left face upward 
on the Mat, so as to give opponent an oppor- 
tunity to play upon it ; if available, the Mat is 
again turned and the play proceeds as before. 

When the player has but one card remain- 
ing, it must remain face upward until he has 
an opportunity to play it. 

When the play becomes blocked and neither 
player is able to dispose of all his cards, no 
score can be made ; it is a draw game and the 
cards should be re-shuffled and re-dealt. 

When a player succeeds in disposing of all 
his cards he wins the game and his opponent 
pays two points for each card remaining on the 
Hassock and one point for each card remain- 
ing on the Stock and Mat, or in similar ratio 
as may be mutually arranged, 

LAWS 

(A) Aces are played on Center as they 
appear in the play. 



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(B) Plays to Center in ascending sequence 
in suit must take precedence over all others ; a 
player failing to make first such play may be 
Stopped by his opponent. 

(C) Providing a sufficient number of spaces 
exist, piles of two or more cards in the 
Tableaux may be re-arranged, .in descending 
sequence in alternate suits. 

(D) Exposed cards on the Hassock or the 
Stock or cards in the Tableaux may be played 
at any opportunity ; those on the Mat cannot 
be used at any time. 

(E) While a card turned face-up from 
the Stock remains in the player's hand or is 
laid face-up on the top of the Stock, the player 
is still in order and may take a reasonable time 
studying the exposed cards and available 
moves and making the play, but the instant 
this card is laid face-up on the Mat his turn 
or play is finished and his opponent may take 
advantage of any moves or plays that the 
former has overlooked. 

(F) Plays from the Center to the Tableaux 
or elsewhere cannot be made. 



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NOTES 

Spaces in the Tableaux are valuable as they 
enable a player to dispose of cards that will 
not play elsewhere. Spaces are obtained by 
removing cards to one of next higher denomi- 
nation and opposite color. 

It is advantageous to dispose of the Hassock 
pile as soon as possible, therefore, spaces in 
the Tableaux should be filled from the Hassock 
rather than from the Stock, but this is not 
obligatory. 

When a player overlooks an opportunity to 
gain a space in the Tableaux there is no pen- 
alty attached other than his opponent may take 
advantage of the oversight when it becomes 
his turn to play. 

Available Cards. Those which are not 
"Covered" or "Blocked" by other cards ; that 
is, not forbidden to be used by the particular 
rules of the game. 

Sequence. The regular succession of as- 
cending from Ace to King or descending from 
King to Ace. 

VARIATION 

The game may also be played by building 



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only in suits on the Tableaux as well as on 
the Center. This makes a more difficult and 
in the opinion of many players, a more enjoy- 
able game. 



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Containing 
Instructions for Correct Play 
and 

The Laws of the Game 
By TRUMPS Jr. 



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NEW YORK 

FITZGERALD ]PUBLISHIN( 

1 8 Vesey Street 



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